Accept

v. receive; agree, consent

ACCEPT is the primary nongovernmental organization advocating for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Romania. It is based in Bucharest and also acts as the Romanian representative at ILGA-Europe. The organization also advocates on behalf of individuals with HIV-AIDS; and carries out many programs to encourage safe sex.
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For other meanings, see Accept (disambiguation). Accept were a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled in the early 1970s by Udo Dirkschneider. The band played an important role in the development of speed metal and European power metal. Their 1983 album, Balls to the Wall, subsequently became their most successful release, featuring its well-known hit with the same title.
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Verb
1. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
(antonym) reject
(hypernym) judge
(hyponym) acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know
(derivation) acceptation
2. receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
(synonym) take, have
(antonym) refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) admit, take, take on
(verb-group) receive, have
(derivation) adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal
3. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
(synonym) consent, go for
(antonym) refuse, decline
(hypernym) react, respond
(hyponym) give
(derivation) acceptation
4. react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
(hypernym) react, respond
(derivation) acceptation
5. admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
(synonym) admit, take, take on
(hypernym) take, have
(hyponym) profess
(verb-group) admit, let in, include
6. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
(synonym) bear, take over, assume
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) face the music, carry-the can
7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncracies"
(synonym) live with, swallow
(hypernym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
(derivation) toleration, acceptance, sufferance
8. be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
(synonym) take
(hypernym) be
9. of a deliberative body: receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
(hypernym) receive, have
(derivation) acceptation
10. make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
(synonym) take
(hyponym) co-opt
11. be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"
(hypernym) react, respond

pref. relating to acceptance

(v. t.)
To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
  

(v. t.)
To receive with favor; to approve.
  

(v. t.)
To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
  

(v. t.)
To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.
  

(v. t.)
To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
  

(v. t.)
In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
  

(a.)
Accepted.